Hugh William Rhoads, CTO/COO
Hugh has been a creative force in linear and interactive media for over twenty years. He has extensive experience in Internet Entertainment, Internet Marketing, E-Commerce, Videogame Design and Development, and Film and Video Production.
Hugh’s employment history includes directorial roles in key companies including: Microsoft, GTE Entertainment, Internet Entertainment Group, First Virtual Communications and Silicon Reef. Hugh has also been a Consultant to BBC Technology (Digital Cinema Report), Apple Computer (World Wide Channel Systems), and WABC TV (News Promotion).
During his career, Hugh received four Emmy Awards (in New York City and San Francisco) and three “Technical Achievement Awards” from the Consumer Electronics Expo, for the pioneering use of video in computer driven games. Hugh’s first Arcade Game for GTE Entertainment, “Hologram Time Traveler,” sold to SEGA of America, and generated over $18 mm US. Based on that success, Hugh designed and produced two Street Sport games for GTE Entertainment “Jammit” and “Street Hockey 95”. Hugh was also commissioned by SEGA to Write, Design and Direct two action adventure games for SEGA CD, one starring Hip-Hop star MC Hammer, the other starring original animated characters designed by Hugh.
Hugh also designed and directed the build out of two Digital Media Studios during his career: (1) GTE Interactive Entertainment’s multimedia studio for game development and Interactive Television (2) Internet Entertainment Group’s Live Video Web Cast Studios.
Most recently Hugh and Ellen Eatough developed a US and International Patent Pending “8 Step Method for Experiential Training.” This unique and personalized media based learning system moves information and skills into the adaptive unconscious memory of trainees by using integrated forms of linear and interactive bio-acoustic and bio-visual media, and network communication software.
Currently Hugh is helping develop the marketing and e-commerce infrastructure for Extatica. While working on this infrastructure and related product and business development, Hugh also produces, shoots, edits and uploads internet marketing videos on a per-project basis.
Hugh has a passion for helping cause a global shift in human consciousness towards the persistent experience of love and joy by helping people direct their sexual energy to ecstatic levels for improved physical health, emotional well being and spiritual awakening.
